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Kept updated holiday events calendar for the month. <br /> Photographer SP Murray will pick back up with photography after January 1 <br /> Enewsletter-Wrote and sent January Check It Out on December 29 to 3,602 subscribers. <br /> Renewed PRSA membership for 2024 <br /> Renewed SATW membership for 2024. <br /> Registered for VisitNC 2024 Tourism conference to be held March 17-19 in Greenville NC <br /> Budget and Publication Inventory <br /> Inventory as of December 31, 2023: Official 2024 Visitors Guide-22,600; Oficial Visitors 22-23 Map-2,100: 22-23 <br /> Dining Map Pads–9;Mural Map Pads 37 <br /> Website Social Media Report(December 1,2023–December 31,2023) <br /> Facebook–Beginning 23,439/Ending 23,490 Increase 51; Posts 16 <br /> Twitter–Beginning 5,698/Ending 5,690, Increase -8; Tweets 12 <br /> Instagram–Beginning 6,526/6Ending 6,542,Increase 16; Posts 12 <br /> Pinterest-Beginning 601,Ending 601 Increase 0;posts 68 <br /> YouTube–Beginning 329/Ending 336 Increase 7; Posts 15 <br /> During Dec had 48,396 website visits. For 2023 had 578,215 up from 482,675 in 2022. 2023 Welcome Center Walk-ins, <br /> 5,766,up from 3,117 in 2022. <br /> Tina Fuller's December Report <br /> Social Media work <br /> • Day to day postings/monitoring comments on posts/monitoring mentions of VB from others/engaging on posts by <br /> other businesses and people. <br /> • Created content calendar for January. <br /> • Raleating completed Tandem shoot–Collaborated on Reel, stories and carousel for Instagram–lots of <br /> engagement,but not a lot of new followers for us. <br /> • Created Holiday Market themed post in Canva, shared on social channels+created video in Canva for Welcome <br /> Center holiday hours. <br /> • Accepted collab request from Triangle Media for Colonial Inn and Dingo Dog <br /> • Uploaded 12 Sneak Peek videos to YouTube with captions and thumbnails. Created playlist–shared link to <br /> Jon/Jess copied Laurie. <br /> • Paid social(in-house): <br /> o On-going Facebook like campaign$5/day; Ad began 1/23/2023 targeting the Charlotte market. 1221 paid <br /> likes to-date at$1728.45spend. <br /> o Boosted Alison Friedman post–Began Dec 1St to run 10 days for$200 1 Post Engagement 1238 at$0.16 <br /> per engagement I Reach 16,643 <br /> Website work <br /> • Continued reviewing and/or updating webpages in CMS: added coupons to Hotel/Special Offers and Packages <br /> page. Added minutes to `About Us/BOD page,updated meeting schedule for 2024 and new board members <br /> approved by BOCC. <br /> • Added and/or edited several listings in DMS. <br /> • Added, created, or edited and re-published blogs in CMS: Things to do with Kids (Susan),Your Guide to <br /> Celebrating NYE <br /> • Opened Simpleview support tickets for JavaScript code for Intercept Survey(Future Partners)and to remove <br /> `flip.to' script code. <br /> • Uploaded 2024 Visitors guide to ISSUU, Changed out header image on `Request for Info' page, added links to <br /> website pages and Alert <br /> • Began working on Landing page for Sneak Piques and edited per recommendations from Jon&Glen <br /> • Replaced Holiday Events Alert with New Visitors Guide Alert on home page. <br /> • Reached out to Simpleview accounting regarding invoice discrepancy. Found they were charging us for new <br /> modules/upgrades meant for new website redesign. <br />